"Character is kind of where I start from," explains Jocelyn Bioh, "I feel like all of my work is character driven narratives." She made her Broadway debut as a playwright this season with "J…
"The world has finally caught up to Tommy Walker," declares director Des McAnuff about why the time was right to revive "The Who's Tommy" on Broadway. It has been 31 years since the original…
The 1976 establishment of the Society of West End Theatre Awards (renamed the Laurence Olivier Awards in 1984) signaled the introduction of the British entertainment industry's own acting Tr…
You may recall that this January, Sir Elton John became the 19th person ever to win the coveted EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) by claiming his first Emmy. But what you may be less famil…
"It's just a kind of perfect storm," reveals Michael Esper of the new play "Appropriate." Not only does the family drama provide the actor with juicy material to play, but it has proven to b…
At the fifth annual Primetime Emmy Awards in 1953, Helen Hayes won the Best Actress award, thereby becoming the first performer to ever achieve the Triple Crown of Acting. This past Oscar an…
"As we investigated the story, the bones of the story itself, what we discovered was that it was ready made for the stage," explains Glen Ballard of "Back to the Future: The Musical." The fa…
Nominations for the 39th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards were announced today by Amber Iman and George Abud, two stars of Broadway's "Lempicka." The Lortels honor outstanding achievement in Off…
Director Jessica Stone knew that her stage adaptation of "Water for Elephants" needed to have its own distinct voice given that audiences already experienced the 2006 novel and a 2011 film. …
"It's been a few minutes since I've been on Broadway," reflects Dorian Harewood about his return to the New York stage in "The Notebook" almost 50 years after his last outing. The last show …
This article contains spoilers about the 2024 Broadway production of "An Enemy of the People." There will likely be few scenes this Broadway season more harrowing than the climax of Sam Gold…
Isabelle McCalla is an expertly trained dancer, but had no experience in any type of acrobatic arts before taking on her latest role. "I was in gymnastics class for a month when I was seven …
Joe Flaherty, founding member of "SCTV" and ubiquitous comic actor for decades including a stint as the Dad on "Freaks and Geeks," has died at the age of 82, according to multiple reports. T…
Everyone remembers their first time. That is the first time they saw Marlon Brando. For the late Mike Nichols, seeing Brando on Broadway in 1947 in his seminal turn as Stanley Kowalski in Te…
Kara Young once again made Broadway audiences fall in love with her this season, thanks to a celebrated turn in last fall's "Purlie Victorious." Now she sits atop Gold Derby's combined odds …
She's back, back, back again! Oscar-winning actress Ariana DeBose will once again return to host the 77th Annual Tony Awards live from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on Sunday, …
"We played games and we laughed. And I felt like that was where the trust really began," recalls Zenzi Williams of a pivotal potluck where she and her "Jaja's African Hair Braiding" cast mem…
This year's Tonys will be held on June 16, so the American Theatre Wing will likely be announcing its Lifetime Achievement Award recipient in the near future. Who do you think should take ho…
"The show is obviously a love story which I think people expect, but it's also about loss and life and how you spend your days and your time and the people with whom you do that," reflects R…
This year's Tonys will be held on June 16, so the American Theatre Wing will likely be announcing its lifetime achievement award recipient in the near future. Who do you think should take ho…
In the final two months of the 2023-2024 Broadway season, seven new plays and play revivals join a slate of 15 total dramas eligible for the 77th Tony Awards. With so many buzzy revivals and…
"It is a pretty great crop of plays this year, several that have become big commercial hits," declares Sam Eckmann about the many dramas and revivals in contention for nominations at the 77t…
It has only been 12 years since New York audiences saw a production of Henrik Ibsen's classic nineteenth-century play "An Enemy of the People." But unlike that last staging at the Manhattan …
The spring season on Broadway this year is shaping up to be one of the busiest and most tumultuous in recent memory as 11 new musicals and musical revivals are opening in the last two months…
I thought I was safe to boldly pronounce my initial 2024 Tony Awards predictions, but then Sufjan Stevens appeared to stomp all over them. As David Buchanan and I convened to discuss where w…